Born in Detroit, Michigan on September 17th, 1963, Chris Cichocki would make his NHL debut with his hometown Red Wings in 1985. Cichocki, a right winger, spent three years with the Michigan Tech Huskies before inking a free agent deal with the Red Wings on June 28th, 1985

Cichocki played 59 games with the Red Wings during his rookie year scoring 10 goals and 21 points. However, his second season saw him play just two games in Detroit with the rest of his season spent in the American Hockey League.

That spring the Red Wings, in need of a solid veteran presence to stabilize the club during a disappointing season, sent Cichocki and a draft pick to New Jersey for Mel Bridgman.

Cichocki played just seven games with the Devils over the next two seasons. The two games he played with New Jersey during the 1988-89 season would be his last in the NHL, though a long minor league career lay ahead.

Cichocki spent the bulk of four seasons with Binghamton of the AHL before jumping to the International Hockey League in 1993. In the IHL, Cichocki signed with the Cincinnati Cyclones and spent the next five seasons patrolling their wing, retiring in 1997-98 with just six games played that year.

Cichocki would return to hockey, accepting the post of head coach with the East Coast Hockey League's Arkansas Riverblades in 2000.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1979-80

Grosse Point Majors

MNHL

70

50

70

120

1980-81

Paddock Pool Saints

GLJHL

1981-82

Paddock Pool Saints

GLJHL

1982-83

Michigan Tech Huskies

CCHA

36

12

10

22

10

1983-84

Michigan Tech Huskies

CCHA

40

25

20

45

36

1984-85

Michigan Tech Huskies

WCHA

40

30

24

54

14

1985-86

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

59

10

11

21

21

-8

1985-86

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

9

4

4

8

6

1986-87

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

2

0

0

0

2

-2

1986-87

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

55

31

34

65

27

1986-87

Maine Mariners

AHL

7

2

2

4

0

1987-88

New Jersey Devils

NHL

5

1

0

1

2

+1

1987-88

Utica Devils

AHL

69

36

30

66

66

1988-89

New Jersey Devils

NHL

2

0

1

1

2

0

1988-89

Utica Devils

AHL

59

32

31

63

50

5

0

1

1

2

1989-90

Utica Devils

AHL

11

3

1

4

10

1989-90

Binghamton Whalers

AHL

60

21

26

47

22

1990-91

Binghamton Rangers

AHL

80

35

30

65

70

9

0

4

4

2

1991-92

Binghamton Rangers

AHL

75

28

29

57

132

6

5

4

9

4

1992-93

Binghamton Rangers

AHL

65

23

29

52

78

9

3

2

5

25

1993-94

Cincinnati Cyclones

IHL

69

22

20

42

101

11

2

2

4

12

1994-95

Cincinnati Cyclones

IHL

75

22

30

52

50

8

0

3

3

6

1995-96

Cincinnati Cyclones

IHL

57

4

7

11

30

14

0

1

1

10

1996-97

Cincinnati Cyclones

IHL

35

6

9

15

30

1

0

0

0

0

1997-98

Cincinnati Cyclones

IHL

6

0

0

0

0

NHL Totals

68

11

12

23

27

Signed as a free agent by Detroit, June 28, 1985. Traded to New Jersey by Detroit with Detroit's 3rd round pick (later traded to Buffalo - Buffalo selected Andrew MacVicar) in 1987 NHL Draft for Mel Bridgman, March 9, 1987. Traded to Hartford by New Jersey for Jim Thompson, October 31, 1989. Officially announced retirement and named Assistant Coach of Cincinnati (IHL), October 23, 1997. Named Head Coach of Arkansas (ECHL), July 25, 2000.